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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798" Lines 51-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What techniques are evidence in line 88's phrase "nor mourn nor murmur"?
(a) Consonance and antithesis.
(b) Antithesis and cacophony.
(c) Parallelism and consonance.
(d) Cacophony and parallelism.

2. What is a "roe" (line 69)?
(a) A wild boar.
(b) A deer.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A fish.

3. How do the speaker's present emotions compare with his past emotions?
(a) His emotions are now more muted and controlled.
(b) His emotions are now deeper and more overwhelming.
(c) His emotions are now less concealed and secretive.
(d) His emotions are now less complicated and confusing.

4. What is the best definition of "sublime" in the context of line 38?
(a) Complete and total.
(b) Passing from one phase of matter into another.
(c) To purify or refine.
(d) Transcendent experience.

5. What does the speaker mean when he says he was "'mid the din/ Of towns and cities" (lines 26-27)?
(a) In the city, he was often forced to hurry and rush through things.
(b) In the city, he was surrounded by loud, unpleasant noise.
(c) In the city, he was often tired and hungry.
(d) In the city, he was surrounded by crowds and confusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "still sad music" does the speaker hear when he looks at the landscape (93)?

2. What is the best definition of "impels" in the context of line 102?

3. Which technique is used in the line 70 phrase "I bounded o'er the mountains"?

4. Which is the best definition of the word "vain" in the context of line 52?

5. What technique is used in lines 100-101: "And the round ocean and the living air,/ And the blue sky, and in the mind of man"?

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